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By Diana Manos, Senior Editor
At the close of last week's third annual mHealth Summit, keynote speakers highlighted the vast impact mobile phones and other mobile devices are having – and will continue to have – on healthcare delivery not just in the United States, but worldwide.

By Eric Wicklund, Editor, mHIMSS
WASHINGTON – If the mHealth industry is ever to have a positive impact on healthcare delivery in the United States, it'll have to overcome two barriers – the economy and interoperability.

By Mary Mosquera, Senior Editor
While mobile health applications are burgeoning throughout the world and emerging as a vital means of care in developing countries, governments aren't keeping up with policies and regulations to support their development.

By Mike Moran, Project Editor
The 2011 mHealth Summit "surpassed everyone's expectations," said Richard Scarfo, director of the summit at the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), the non-profit that produces the annual event. And plans are already being developed to enhance next year's event for attendees and exhibitors.

By Mike Moran, Project Editor
Exhibitors at last week's mHealth Summit had plenty of good things to say about the event, which in its third year more than doubled the number of exhibiting companies from 140 to 298.

By Eric Wicklund, Editor, mHIMSS
WASHINGTON – With the launch of a new cloud-based solution for hospitals and a study focused on the use of remote patient monitoring solutions on heart failure patients on three continents, Aventyn is celebrating a busy holiday season.